Hi, it’s us,
Gwen and Stacey. Our shared joy comes in the simplest moments of awe and attention, a ripple, a swaying grass, the light on the leaves. Our shared grief is in turning open hearted toward a world too busy, too fast, too hurtful for tender hearts and tender shoots. We’ve been creating and holding space together since 2017 and this is our fourth Spring Retreat together at Hope Springs, weaving devotional practices, laughter, tears, poetry, and the profundity of the spacious quiet.
We’re planning for a few more beloveds to enter the container to offer their gifts and practices, we’ll share them here as they are confirmed!
Stacey Pickering is a multi-facted healing arts practitioner who uses music, sound, and vocalization to transcend barriers and guide connection. Stacey will be joining us to offer a sound bath to attune to our wholeness and an eco-therapy experience, to attune to land and spirit. ig: @we_are_vibrational_energy
Gwendolyn has spent a lifetime as a vision keeper in heartfelt preparation for this work and since 2006 has been professionally designing, planning, producing, and executing complex events near and far, from the intimacy of a feeling to the landscape of an environment. Logistically and creatively, this chapter has evolved into her curation of intentional spaces that support her heart’s mission: to offer containers and practices that stoke healing connection (to self, each other, and greater nature). Facilitating retreat since 2018 she melds experience, skill, and intuition to inspire emergent gatherings.
You can view photos from past retreats here.